Larry R. Carter

Mr. Carter was a native of Faith, N.C., and a Peninsula resident for 40 years.

He was employed by Newport News Shipbuilding for 33 years as an inspection supervisor for Quality Inspection Division. He also was a paper carrier for the Daily Press for 26 years. He was a member of the James River Country Club, the Elks Club and former member of the Warwick Exchange Club. He was an avid golfer and enjoyed fishing. Mr. Carter was a loving and dedicated husband and father.

He is survived by his loving wife of 39 years, Susan Kidd Carter; a daughter, Jenny Wheatley and her husband, Jon, of Newport News; two sons, Jeff Carter and his wife, Denise, and Andrew Carter and his fiancee, Amy Casey, all of Richmond; two sisters, Sue Lessard of Sante Fe, N.M., and Valerie Harrison of Corinth, Texas; four grandchildren, Jessica, Ashley, Tyler and Jordan.

A funeral service will be held 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 18, in Amory Funeral Home Chapel, Grafton, with the Rev. Thomas L. Bosserman officiating. Burial will follow in Peninsula Memorial Park, Newport News. The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday in the funeral home.